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Old 04-20-22, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeff Neese
Any ideas?
Shoota nailed it- rotate your bars downward. The brake levers are at a really high angle right now and also effectively high up on the bars. Those bars were not designed to have the ramps be flat, they were designed to have the ramps angle down at 12deg or so. Rotating the bars down will effectively push the drop ends towards you and give you more room on the drops. Also, your wrist angle wont be wonky when it the drops and reaching for the brake levers if you rotate the bars down.
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